• How do you identify if a client has additional needs?
  • What do you do with this information once it has been identified?
  • Do you need to change your delivery?
  • Do you need to change your assessment?
  • Can you exclude a client with identified additional needs?

The following resources will assist with answering these questions.YMI_logo.jpgDurack's fantastic You, Me and Inclusivity Handbook:
DTWD VET Resources and Publications including:
  • Reasonable adjustment - A guide to working with students with disability - 2nd Edition (2013)
  • Staying the course: A guide to working with students with mental illness - 2nd Edition (2012)
  • Staying the course: A guide to working with students with mental illness Facilitator Guide - 2nd Edition (2012)

http://www.vetinfonet.dtwd.wa.gov.au/Resourcesandlinks/Pages/Publications

The Lecturer's Guide has templates to help you including:

  • Client Needs Summary
  • Individual Learning Plan

See the Principal Lecturer Team and Client Services for help.

Watch this short video: There is ability in Disability



YouTube has a Don't DIS my ABILITY channel with inspiring and informative videos about people with a disability:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCRiuePC7pPm5TrrVTxGfaw

Watch this Make no assumptions video from the Interactive Ochre toolbox:


Watch this TED talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/rosie_king_how_autism_freed_me_to_be_myself